[Bangla Daily Star] Joint forces picked up 22 activists of the BNP-led opposition alliance last night for their alleged involvement with recent sabotage and criminal acts in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat.Of the arrestees, seven belong to Jamaat-e-Islami
...
The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
while 10 to its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
, and the rest five to the main opposition BNP, police told our Lalmonirhat correspondent.
The law enforcers rounded up the activists during drives in different areas of the upazila between 12:30am and 4:30am, said Sohrab Hossain, officer-in-charge of Patgram Police Station.
The activists were placed in durance vile
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
for their involvement with sabotage during recent hartal
... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
and blockade and attacking Awami League meetings in Burimari and Bawra areas in the upazila, said the police official.
Habibur Rahman, superintendent of police in Lalmonirhat, said the drive of joint forces is under way in the district to nab the criminals who were involved with the sabotage and criminal offences.